As a gamer who plays PS3 games more often than 360 or Wii games, I’m no stranger to the “Exclusive Downloadable Content Coming Only To Xbox 360!” for quite a while now. I mean the year’s most prominent exclusive DLC has to be Grand Theft Auto IV’s still mysterious two DLC installments.  We’ve recently learned [...]

[Read more →]

I own Guitar Hero (PS2), Guitar Hero II (PS2), Guitar Hero II (360), Guitar Hero III (360), and Rock Band (360).  I own FIVE plastic guitars, a mic, and a drum set from those games.  It’s quite ridiculous.  The path that led to my situation is quite frustrating and should’ve been much easier.  I can [...]

[Read more →]

Spin, spin, spin! The E3 hype machine is starting a bit early this year with some mighty spin coming from Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft announced a few things “officially” this morning, including the “temporary” price drop of the 20GB Xbox 360 Pro model… I say temporary because this is nothing more than a clearance sale to purge [...]

[Read more →]

I’ve ranted about rumors before, but today I want to take a much more narrow look at a very specific kind of rumor.  I’m going to take a look a the type of rumor I call, an Indisputable Rumor.  I want to analyze how it’s crafted, look at some reasons why it might be crafted, and [...]

[Read more →]

Analyst have announced Nintendo is costing themselves a cool $1B in lost sales by not being able to meet consumer demand of the Wii a full year after introduction. When news of this hit the mainstream gaming press, representatives from Microsoft were quick to point out their numbers bested Nintendo’s by reminding us that [...]

[Read more →]

Not to be outdone by Nintendo’s gracious offer of selling IOUs for their impossible to find systems, Sony Computer Entertainment of America’s CEO Jack Tretton has announced Sony will effective immediately begin selling $60 IOUs for unspecified upcoming (and compelling) PS3-exclusive games through Gamestop as well.
While Nintendo’s promise of delivery by the end of January [...]

[Read more →]

Undercover Sarcastic Gamer reporters have been following the trail of this story for months and we’re excited to report that we finally have some solid news to report. You may have read in the gaming press about NPD numbers and how they “reportedly” reflect console and game sales across a large number of retailers [...]

[Read more →]

When you think twitch shooters, Unreal Tournament might come to mind. When you think Unreal Tournament, you probably think of PC gaming.  Well, with a version out on the PS3, the question is: could Unreal Tournament III for the PS3 outperform the PC version?
Hold up now, I don’t mean in the graphical horsepower or framerate sense, [...]

[Read more →]

Source: (Kotaku)
Xbox 360 and PS3 owners should be excited to know they’re getting a Burnout Paradise demo on December 13th.  Sporting an always-open, everything available from the start free roaming world, Burnout Paradise is what many people are hoping the first truly “next-gen” racer on current-gen lineup (sorry Forza 2, PGR 4, NFS ProStreet, etc.  [...]

[Read more →]

(Source)
Nintendo is keen to branch out in new and uncharted areas with their various Wii themed channels.  Upon hearing that their beloved Wii helped a soldier get to the bottom of some suspected funny business, they’ve taken his idea and run with it.  In a big way.
Nintendo announced the “Wii Know What You’ve Been Doing” [...]

[Read more →]

Rothbart vs. Lono
Rothbart: Great single player games are a dying breed…and I’m pissed!
If you look at the big releases as of late, you might notice more and more of them seem to be pushing (or focusing entirely) on the multiplayer aspect; be it online multiplayer on the 360 or local multiplayer on the Wii. Even [...]

[Read more →]

Okay, so Sony spilled the beans today. This is earth shattering breaking news. The United States and Canada are ALSO getting a 40GB PS3 just like every other region on the planet. That’s all fine and dandy. We understand there’s no PS2 backward compatibility because we’ve all already discussed the Pro’s and Con’s of that. [...]

[Read more →]

Are these the faces of next-gen fighting? (Click to enlarge)
Okay, I’ve made no attempt to hide my distaste for countdown timers and announcements of when announcements would be made, but yet again another high profile developer has done both. And for me at least, failed to deliver on ANY of the hype. [...]

[Read more →]